Everything in its Right Place

   The Travel Diary of South-east Asia Here continues the series for anyone who is interested about my travels over a year ago. I spent three months in South-east Asia. Though true to the actual handwritten diary in terms of events which I recorded on my trip day-to-day, I have changed the names and where possible gone into more detail for each day with the luxury of having a laptop this time around! For part five click  here . Part six concerns Phi Phi and Ko Lanta in Thailand. 26th of January 2019 -Ko Phi Phi, Thailand    Despite lacking in local culture and the overbearing nature of tourism everywhere you look, Thailand’s natural wonder can never be denied. Me and Dan had some breakfast (you guessed it, egg on toast) then headed down to the beach to hire a kayak. I’d never done such activities before, and it was an instant win, despite being a tad hungover. Dan was of course a seasoned pro in these waters, and also a generally fit and healthy guy. I’ve failed...

  The Travel Diary of South-east Asia Here continues the series for anyone who is interested about my travels over a year ago. I spent three months in South-east Asia. Though true to the actual handwritten diary in terms of events which I recorded on my trip day-to-day, I have changed the names and where possible gone into more detail for each day with the luxury of having a laptop this time around! For part four click here . Part five concerns Ko Tao and its infamous pub crawl, as well as Ko Phi Phi. 23rd of January 2019 - Ko Tao, Thailand Another day of the same and a night of the extraordinary. Hired mopeds again, went to a viewpoint again and listened to some chilled music in the blissful surroundings again. The blissful surroundings are by now pretty much a given in Thailand, but still at certain times when you step outside yourself it takes your breath away. But I digress…      Phoebe arrived at five and the three musketeers were alive again! We took our mopeds...

The Travel Diary of South-east Asia Here continues the series for anyone who is interested about my travels over a year ago. I spent three months in South-east Asia. Though true to the actual handwritten diary in terms of events which I recorded on my trip day-to-day, I have changed the names and where possible gone into more detail for each day with the luxury of having a laptop this time around! For part three click here . Part four concerns the Full Moon Party at Ko Pha Ngan. ******************************** 20th of January 2019 - Phuket > Ko Pha Ngan, Thailand After a long journey, and I mean arduously long, we stepped on the pier of Ko Pha Ngan. But before I get to that, a quick side note on the Thai coach systems/general travel…      It really doesn’t make any sense. It shouldn’t work. Flocks and droves of travellers swarm the coach station and there is no queue! No sane thing to follow with your eyes or mind that gives you any confidence that you and your bags a...

The Travel Diary of South-east Asia Here continues the series for anyone who is interested about my travels over a year ago. I spent three months in South-east Asia. Though true to the actual handwritten diary in terms of events which I recorded on my trip day-to-day, I have changed the names and where possible gone into more detail for each day with the luxury of having a laptop this time around! For part two click here . Part three concerns Cameron Highlands and George Town in Malaysia. ******************************** 17th of January 2019 - Kuala Lumpur > Cameron Highlands, Malaysia Grab is such a must have app in Malaysia. Got up so late and just about brushed my teeth before meeting the impatient Dan at the doorway of Sunshine Bedz. Didn’t even have time to say goodbye to this place I’d become so fond of. Compared to the last hostel this one breezes into the number 1 spot. But yeah Grab. Essentially Uber for South-East Asia and about a 10th of the price. We ordered one and it a...

The Travel Diary of South-east Asia Here continues the series for anyone who is interested about my travels over a year ago. I spent three months in South-east Asia. Though true to the actual handwritten diary in terms of events which I recorded on my trip day-to-day, I have changed the names and where possible gone into more detail for each day with the luxury of having a laptop this time around! For part one click here . Part Two concerns Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. ******************************** 14th of January 2019 - Singapore > Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Got up around 9am both relieved and excited with a dash of fear that I’m sure will bubble and boil as time goes on. I was mainly relieved to be getting out of this bloody hostel. It hadn’t been awful but it had left a lot to be desired. I headed down to the common room and poured over my Lonely Planet South-east Asia travel guide, grasping the basic phrases of ‘hello’ ‘thank you’ and ‘goodbye’ in Malay and checking out some of the ...

The Travel Diary of South-east Asia What follows here is part of a series for anyone who is interested about my travels over a year ago. I spent three months in South-east Asia. Though true to the actual handwritten diary in terms of events which I recorded on my trip day-to-day, I have changed the names and where possible gone into more detail for each day with the luxury of having a laptop this time around! I don’t know how regularly this will appear, but I’ll sporadically type up bitesize chunks of it, as doing it in one piece would be an arduous task that I really can’t be bothered with. Part one concerns my decision to go traveling, the flight, and Singapore. ****************** There comes a time when an insatiable desire to escape from the dreary greys of western skies and monotonous daily grind cannot be quashed, where one must seek an escape to pastures new, and witness something extraordinary to keep the glint from worn eyes fading. For me this time came at 25, coming out of a...